{"id":79853,"date":"2025-08-09T09:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T07:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=79853"},"modified":"2025-08-09T09:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T07:04:09","slug":"zwartkop-to-face-monument-in-noordvaal-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=79853","title":{"rendered":"Zwartkop to face Monument in Noordvaal Cup Final"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ho\u00ebrskool Zwartkop’s 1st team, winners of the Noordvaal Cup’s B Section in 2024, will contest the A Section final in 2025. Photo: Supplied<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ho\u00ebrskool Zwartkop<\/strong> booked their place in the Noordvaal Cup<\/strong> final after a hard-fought 2-1 victory over the hosts, Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg<\/strong>, on Friday.<\/p>\n

They’ll face the defending champion, Ho\u00ebrskool Monument<\/strong>, in the title decider after Monnas<\/strong><\/em> cruised to a 6-1 win over Potchefstroom Gimnasium <\/strong>in their semifinal.<\/p>\n

Catch the action LIVE on SuperSport Schools<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

For Zwartkop, the final represents a significant milestone in an already a memorable week. Their\u00a0rise is particularly notable given that they won Section B of the tournament last year.<\/p>\n

Diretcor of Hockey, Marthinus Gouws<\/strong>, was full of praise for his side’s resilience.<\/p>\n

“Wow. It is a massive achievement for us,” he said. “We saw ourselves as underdogs this week, and the character the boys showed – especially being 0-2 down in our first game and coming back to win 3-2 [against HTS Witbank] – set us up for a good week of hockey.<\/p>\n

“Finals don\u2019t come around that often, and we are privileged enough to be playing in our second final of the year. Hopefully, the experience of the Belgotex Sport Easter Hockey Tournament<\/strong> [Shield] final will give the boys some comfort,” Gouws told SuperSport Schools Plus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Zwartkop has already faced Monument this season. After sharing a 0-0 draw, they know a tough challenge awaits them.<\/p>\n

“Playing against Monument is always a big game,” Gouws said, “and them being defending champion does give them the slightest of edges. But it’s finals’ hockey. Anything can happen.”<\/p>\n

Gouws added that the final would be about more than silverware. It would also be about honouring his senior players.<\/p>\n

“It is the final game for my matric boys, and they deserve a top-class performance from the team. Go and enjoy today, boys. Remember why we play this game, remember for whom we play,” he said<\/p>\n

After losing out in the semi-finals, Potch Gim and Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg will meet in the bronze medal match.<\/p>\n

The fifth-place playoff features HTS Witbank<\/strong> against Ho\u00ebrskool Nelspruit. <\/strong>They previously met in the Mpumalanga League final, with HTS Witbank winning after a penalty shootout<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Witbank boys scored a 3-1 win over Helpmekaar Kollege<\/strong> on Friday while Nelspruit claimed a tight 1-0 win over Ho\u00ebrskool Rustenburg<\/strong>. That leaves Helpies<\/strong><\/em> to face Rusties<\/strong><\/em> for seventh.<\/p>\n

A 3-1 win for Ho\u00ebrskool Waterkloof<\/strong>\u00a0over Ho\u00ebrskool Sasolburg <\/strong>set up Klofies<\/em><\/strong> for the ninth-place playoff against Midstream College<\/strong>, who downed Ho\u00ebrskool Middleburg<\/strong> 2-1.<\/p>\n

That leaves Sasol<\/strong><\/em> to take on Middies <\/strong><\/em>for 11th place.<\/p>\n

Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

Playoffs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Waterkloof 3-1 Sasolburg (9-12)
\nMiddelburg 1-2 Midstream (9-12)
\nHTS Witbank 3-1 Helpmekaar\u00a0(5-8)
\nNelspruit 1-0 Rustenburg (5-8)
\nMonument 6-1 Potch Gim (1-4)
\nPietersburg 1-2 Zwartkop (1-4)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ho\u00ebrskool Zwartkop booked their place in the Noordvaal Cup final after a hard-fought 2-1 victory over the hosts, Ho\u00ebrskool Pietersburg, on Friday. They’ll face the defending champion, Ho\u00ebrskool Monument, in the title decider after Monnas cruised to a 6-1 win over Potchefstroom Gimnasium in their semifinal. Catch the action LIVE on SuperSport Schools For Zwartkop, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":79855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}